Q: Is 2,106,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,106,480 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 2,106,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 67 80 120 131 134 201 240 262 268 335 393 402 524 536 655 670 786 804 1,005 1,048 1,072 1,310 1,340 1,572 1,608 1,965 2,010 2,096 2,620 2,680 3,144 3,216 3,930 4,020 5,240 5,360 6,288 7,860 8,040 8,777 10,480 15,720 16,080 17,554 26,331 31,440 35,108 43,885 52,662 70,216 87,770 105,324 131,655 140,432 175,540 210,648 263,310 351,080 421,296 526,620 702,160 1,053,240 and 2,106,480, with no remainder.

Since 2,106,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,106,480, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).